..Acute effects of ozone on mortality have been extensively documented in clinical and epidemiological research. However, only a few studies have focused on subgroups of the population especially vulnerable to these effects...

Particulate air pollution and hospital admissions for cardiac diseases in potentially sensitive subgroups

..Analysing multiple rather than single respiratory events shows stronger air pollution effects. The temporal relationship between the pollutant increases and hospitalisations or mortality for respiratory diseases differs. ..

..We investigated whether social class is an effect modifier of the PM(10) (particulate matter with diameter <10 micron)-daily mortality association, and possible mechanisms for this effect modification...

Nitrogen dioxide levels estimated from land use regression models several years apart and association with mortality in a large cohort study

..We aimed to compare measured and estimated NO₂ levels 12 years apart, the stability of the exposure estimates for members of a large cohort study, and the association of the exposure estimates with natural mortality within the cohort...

Long-term exposure to urban air pollution and mortality in a cohort of more than a million adults in Rome

..147). In conclusion, these results suggest that a land-use regression model explains the traffic-related air pollution levels with reasonable accuracy and that emissions data do not significantly improve the model...

Traffic-related air pollution in relation to incidence and prognosis of coronary heart disease

..The objective of this study was to explore relations of socioeconomic status with the incidence, treatment, and outcome of first coronary event in Rome, Italy, during the period 1998-2000, examining effect modification by gender...

Thirty-day complications after laparoscopic or open cholecystectomy: a population-based cohort study in Italy

..To study the effect of long term exposure to airborne pollutants on the incidence of acute coronary events in 11 cohorts participating in the European Study of Cohorts for Air Pollution Effects (ESCAPE)...

A case-crossover analysis of out-of-hospital coronary deaths and air pollution in Rome, Italy